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INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, BOARDS, ETC., CONCERNED 

WITH THE WAR 


The following list includes only organiza¬ 
tions on which the United States has represen¬ 
tation. It does not purport to be a complete 
roster of the international agencies established 
among the United Nations to deal with the 
various phases of the war. Suggested addi¬ 
tions or corrections to this list should be di¬ 
rected to the Editor of the Bulletin. 

ALLIED SUPPLY COUNCIL 

(United States and Australia) 

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Location : 

Australia 

Establishment and Purpose: 

Upon the invitation of the Australian Government, 
a United States representative was appointed to this 
Council. According to the Austi'ulian Official Short¬ 
wave News of May 5, 1942, the primary purpose of the 
Council is to coordinate plans and advise on the present 
and potential supplies, of all sorts, available from 
Australian sources. 

Membership : 

United States representative: 

Col. Royal J. Jenks, United States Army, Vice 
Chairman of the Council 
Australian representatives: 

The Hon. J. A. Beasley, Minister for Supply and 
Development, and Shipping, Chairman of the 
Council 

The Hon. N. J. O. Makin, Minister for the Navy 
and Minister for Munitions 
The Hon. R. V. Keane, Minister for Trade and 
Customs and Vice President of the Executive 
Council 

The Hon. J. J. Dedman, Minister for War Organi¬ 
zation of Industry and Minister in Charge of 
the Council for Scientific and Industrial 
Research 

J. Nolan, Chairman of the Allied Supply Standing 
Committee 

ANGLO-AMERICAN CARIBBEAN COMMISSION 
Location : 

Room 316, Barr Building, 910 Seventeenth Street, 
Washington; REpublic 5600 (State), extension 2612. 

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Establishment and Purpose: 

A joint communique released simultaneously in 
Washington and London (March 9, 1942) announced 
the creation of the Anglo-American Caribbean Com¬ 
mission to encourage and strengthen “social and eco¬ 
nomic cooperation between the United States of America 
and its possessions and bases in the area known geo¬ 
graphically and politically as the Caribbean, and the 
United Kingdom and the British colonies in the same 
area, and to avoid unnecessary duplication of research 
in these fields”. According to the announcement, 
“members of the Commission will concern themselves 
. primarily with matters pertaining to labor, agriculture, 
housing, health, education, social welfare, finance, 
economics, and related subjects in the territories under 
the British and United States flags within this terri¬ 
tory”.— 

Membership : 

United States Section: 

Charles W. Taussig, of New York, Co-chairman 

Rexford G. Tugwell, Governor of Puerto Rico 

Coert du Bois, Chief of the Caribbean *Oflice, De¬ 
partment of State 

S. Burns Weston, of Ohio, Secretary ' 

British Section: 

Sir Frank Stockdale, Comptroller of the British 
West Indies Welfare and Development Fund, 
Co-chairman 

Sir Rupert Briarcliffe, Medical Adviser to the 
British West Indies Welfare and Development 
Fund 

Hon. John Huggins, formerly Colonial Secretary, 
Government of Trinidad and Tobago. 

THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF 
Location : 

Public Health Service Building, Nineteenth and Con¬ 
stitution Avenue; REpublic 6700 (War), extension 
71469 (Col. Hammond). 

Establishment and Purpose : 

Established by the United States and Great Britain, 
as announced by the War Department February 6, 
1942, to insure complete coordination of the war effort 
of Great Britain and the United States, including the 
production and distribution of their war supplies, 
and to provide for full British and American collabora- 


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tion with the United Nations now associated in the 
prosecution of the war against the Axis powers. 1 
Membership : 

United States Joint Chiefs of Staff: 

Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the 
Commander in Chief of the United States 
Army and Navy 

Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff 
Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief of 
the United States Fleet and Chief of Naval 
Operations 

Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General, 
Army Air Forces 

Representatives of the British Chiefs of Staff: 

Field Marsha] Sir John Dill 
Rear Admiral W. R. Patterson 
Lt. Gen. G. N. Macready 
Air Marshal D. C. S. Evill 

United States Secretariat: 

Brig. Gen; John R. Deane, Secretary 
Comdr. L. R. McDowell, Deputy Secretary 
Lt. Col. T. W. Hammond, Jr., the Assistant Secre¬ 
tary ( Executive ) 

British Secretariat: 

Brig. V. Dykes, Secretary 

Comdr. the Honorable R. D. Coleridge, Deputy 
Secretary 

COMBINED FOOD BOARD 
(United States and Great Britain) 

Location : 

South Building, Department of Agriculture; REpublic 
4142, extension 4691. 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The creation of the Combined Food Board was 
announced by the President June 9, 1942, and was 
established by Prime Minister Churchill and President 
Roosevelt to obtain a planned and expeditious utiliza¬ 
tion of the food resources of the United Nations, in 
order to coordinate further the prosecution of the war 
effort. 

The duties of the Board are to consider, investigate, 
and formulate plans with regard to any question 
relating to the supply, production, transportation, dis¬ 
posal, allocation or distribution, in or to any part of 
the world, of foods, agricultural materials from which 
foods are derived, and equipment and non-food mater¬ 
ials ancillary to the production of such foods and 
agricultural materials. It works in collaboration with 
others of the United Nations toward the best utiliza¬ 
tion of their food resources, and, in collaboration with 


1 Other United Nations maintain military and naval 
representatives for liaison with the Combined Chiefs 
of Staff. 


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the interested nation or nations, formulates plans and 
recommendations for the development, expansion, pur¬ 
chase, or other effective use of their food resources. 

Membership : 

United States: 

Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture 
Paul H. Appleby, Under Secretary of Agriculture, 
Adviser 

Leslie A. Wheeler, Director of Foreign .Agricul¬ 
tural Relations, Department of Agriculture, 
Joint Executive Officer 

Robert B. Sellwenger, Office of Foreign Agricul¬ 
tural Relations, Department of Agriculture, 
Deputy Executive Officer 
Great Britain: 

R. H. Brand, Chairman of British Supply Council 
and Head of British Food Mission 
E. Twentyman, Senior Member, British Food Mis¬ 
sion, Adviser 

Maurice I. Hutton, British Food Mission, Joint 
Executive Officer 

Eric Roll, British Food Mission, Deputy Executive 
Officer 

Membership of the Inter-Agency Committee : 

Franz Schneider, War Shipping Administration 
Richard M. Bissell, Jr., War Shipping Administra¬ 
tion, alternate 

Dean G. Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State 
Dr. Herbert Feis, Adviser on International Economic 
Affairs, Department of State 
Leroy D. Stinebower, Department of State, 
alternate 

Dr. W. Y. Elliott, War Production Board 
John L. Pratt, Office of Lend-Lease Administration 
Dr. E. W. Gaumnitz, Board of Economic Warfare 
Roy Hendrickson, Agricultural Marketing Adminis¬ 
tration 

S. B. Bledsoe, Office of Agricultural War Relations 
J. A. Scott Watson, British Agricultural Attache in 
Washington 

E. Twentyman, British Food Mission 

COMBINED PRODUCTION AND RESOURCES 

BOARD 

(United States, Great Britain, and Canada) 
Location : 

Social Security Building, Fourth and Independence 
Ave. SW.; REpublic 7500 (War Agencies), extension 
73161 (Mr. Gregg). 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Combined Production and Resources Board 
was created by President Roosevelt and Prime Min¬ 
ister Churchill, according to a White House press 
release of June 9, 1942, “in order to complete the or¬ 
ganization needed for the most effective use of the 
combined resources of the United States and the 


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United Kingdom in the prosecution of the war”. The 
functions of the Board are to ‘‘combine the production 
programs of the United States and the United King¬ 
dom into a single integrated program, adjusted to the 
strategic requirements of the war . . . and to all rel¬ 
evant product in factors; . . . take account of the 
need for maximum utilization of the productive re¬ 
sources available to the United States, the British 
Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations, 
the need to reduce demands on shipping to a min¬ 
imum, and the essential needs of the civilian popula¬ 
tions” ; and ‘‘in close collaboration with the Com¬ 
bined Chiefs of Staff, assure the continuous adjust¬ 
ment of the combined production program to meet 
changing military requirements. . . .” 

On November 10, 1942, the Office of War Informa¬ 
tion announced that Canada had become a full mem¬ 
ber of the Board because of the ‘‘very close relations” 
in the production field which already exist among 
Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. 

Membership : 

United States Section: 

Donald Nelson, Chairman, War Production Board, 

Member 

Milton Katz, Solicitor, War Production Board, 
Executive Officer 

John P. Gregg, Secretary 
In London: 

W. Averell Harriman, Lend-Lease Coordinator, 
Representative 

Philip D. Reed, Deputy Representative 
British Section: 

Capt. Oliver Lytellton, British Minister of Pro¬ 
duction, Member 

Sir Robert J. Sinclair, Director General of Army 
Requirements, British War Office, Deputy 
Member 

T. H. Brand, British War Cabinet Secretariat in 
London, Executive Officer 

P. Hayward, Secretary 
Canadian Section: 

C. D. Howej Canadian Minister of Munitions and 
Supply, Member 

E. P. Taylor, Deputy Member 


COMBINED RAW MATERIALS BOARD 
(United States and Great Britain) 

Location : 

United States group: Social Security Building, 
Fourth and Independence Avenue SW., room 3051; 
REpublic 7500 (War Agencies), extension 2212 (Mr. 
Batt) and 3921 (Mr. Sykes). 

British group: The Bradford, 1800 K Street, RE¬ 
public 7860, extension 242 (Sir Clive Baillieu) and 
187 (Mr. Archer) ; also Social Security Building, room 
3051 (Mr. Archer), REpublic 7500 (War Agencies), ex- 
^ion 2454. 


Establishment and Purpose : 

The Combined Raw Materials Board was set up 
by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill 
(White House press release of January 26, 1942) to 
‘‘plan the best and speediest development, expansion 
and use of the raw-material resources, under the juris¬ 
diction or control of the two Governments’, and, in col¬ 
laboration with others of the United Nations, to “work 
toward the best utilization of their raw-material re¬ 
sources”, and, in collaboration with the interested na¬ 
tion or nations, to “formulate plans and recommen¬ 
dations for the development, expansion, purchase, or 
other effective use of their raw materials.” 


Membership : 

United States: 

William L. Batt, Vice Chairman, War Production 
Board, Chairman 

Howard C. Sykes, Deputy Member and Executive 
Secretary 

George C. McGhee, Deputy Executive Secretary 

Robert A. Gordon, Coordinator of United States 
Information 
Or eat Britain: 

Sir Clive Baillieu, Head of the British Raw Mate¬ 
rials Mission in the United States 

George Archer, Deputy to the Secretary General, 
British Raw Materials Mission, Executive Sec¬ 
retary 

A. D. Marris, Counselor, British Embassy, Deputy 
Executive Secretary 

Paul Goldberg, Coordinator of British Information 


Operating Committee of the Combined Raw Materials 
Board: 


Membership: 

Howard C. Sykes, United States Deputy Member 
and Executive Secretary, Combined Raw Ma¬ 
terials Board, Chairman 

George Archer, British Executive Secretary, Com¬ 
bined Raw Materials Board; and Deputy to 
the Secretary General, British Raw Materials 
Mission 


Herbert Feis, Adviser on Interna¬ 
tional Economic Affairs, Depart¬ 
ment of State 

Thomas K. Finletter, Special Assist¬ 
ant to the Secretary of State 


Joint 
Repre¬ 
sentation, 

} United 
States 
Department 
of State 

A. D. Marris, Counselor, British Embassy; British 
Deputy Executive Secretary, Combined Raw 
Materials Board 

Morris S. Rosenthal, Assistant Director, Board of 
Economic Warfare 

Simon Strauss, Assistant Vice President, Metals 
Reserve Company, Reconstruction Finance 
Corporation 

Robert A. Gordon, Coordinator of United States 
Information, Combined Raw Materials Board 


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COMBINED SHIPPING ADJUSTMENT BOARD 
(United States and Great Britain) 

Location in Washington : 

Department of Commerce Building, Fourteenth and 
Constitution Avenue, room 4713; REpublic 6620 (Mari¬ 
time Commission), extension 78 (Mr. Scoll). 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Combined Shipping Adjustment Board was set 
up by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister 
Churchill, according to a White House press release 
of January 26, 1942, “to adjust and concert in one har¬ 
monious policy the work of the British Ministry of 
War Transport and the shipping authorities of the 
United States Government”. An Executive order of 
February 7, 1942 (No. 9054) established a War Ship¬ 
ping Administration in the Executive Office of the 
President, which comprises the American section of 
the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board. 

Membership : 

In Washington: 

United States representative: 

Rear Admiral Emory S. Land (United States 
Navy, Retired), Chairman, United States 
Maritime Commission ; Administrator, War 
Shipping Administration 
British representative: 

Sir Arthur Salter, Head of the British Shipping 
Mission in the United States 
Joint executive officers: 

David E. Scoll, Assistant to Administrator, War 
Shipping Administration 
W. O. Hart 
In London: 

British representative: 

Lord Leathers, Minister of War Transport 
United States representative: 

W. Averell Harriman, Lend-Lease Coordinator 

THE EMERGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
FOR POLITICAL DEFENSE 

(Inter-American) 

Location : 

Montevideo 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Emergency Advisory Committee for Political De¬ 
fense was established pursuant to a resolution of the 
Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 
American Republics, held at Rio de Janeiro in January 
1942. The Committee studies and recommends to 
each of the American governments members of the 
Pan American Union appropriate measures for the con¬ 
trol of sabotage and all other types of subversive ac¬ 
tivities directed by extracontinental forces against the 
' ideals and security of the Western Hemisphere. The 
Committee is made up of seven members, each rep¬ 
resenting the entire inter-American community rather 
than any one nation exclusively. The first meeting was 
held on April 15, 1942. 


Membership : 

From the United States: 

Carl B. Spaeth, former Chief of the American 
Hemisphere Division of the Board of Economic 
Warfare and former Assistant Coordinator of 
Inter-American Affairs 

Selden Chapin, Department of State. Liaison 
Officer of United States Government 

William Sanders, Adviser to Mr. Spaeth 
From Uruguay: 

Dr. Alberto Guani, Minister of Foreign Affairs 
of Uruguay, Chairman 
From Argentina: 

Miguel A. Chiappe, Counselor of the Argentine 
Embassy in Uruguay 
From Brazil: 

Mario Pimentel Brandao, former Brazilian Am- 
bassador to the United States 
From Chile: 

Ismael Vald6s Florez 
From Mexico: 

Carlos Dario Ojeda, Mexican Ambassador to 
Uruguay 
From Venezuela: 

Eduardo Arroyo Lameda, former Counselor of the 
Venezuelan Embassy in Colombia 

Manuel A. Pulido M6ndez 

Secretary-General: Dr. Jos£ L. Chouy Terra (Mon¬ 
tevideo, Uruguay) 

INTER ALLIED COMMITTEE ON POST-WAR 
REQUIREMENTS 
(Leith-Ross Committee) 

Location : 

London 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The Inter-Allied Committee on Post-War Require¬ 
ments was set up pursuant to a resolution of the 
representatives of European Allied Governments at 
their second meeting in London, held on September 
24, 1941. The purpose of the Committee is to lay plans, 
to secure “food, raw materials and articles of prime 
necessity” to be “made available for the post-war needs 
of countries liberated from Nazi oppression.” 

Membership : 

British representative: 

Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, Chairyian 
United States representative: 

Alan N. Steyne, Second Secretary of the Ameri¬ 
can Embassy in London 
Other governments represented: 

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Free 
France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 
New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Union of South 
Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 
and Yugoslavia 


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INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR TERRITO¬ 
RIAL ADMINISTRATION 

Location (Temporary) : 

Pan American Union, Washington; NAtional 6635. 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Inter-American Commission for Territorial Ad¬ 
ministration was established under the provisions of 
the Convention on the Provisional Administration of 
European Colonies and Possessions in the Americas, 
which entered into force on January 8, 1942. The 
Commission, composed of a representative from each 
of the ratifying states, shall provide for the provi¬ 
sional administration of any territory located in the 
Americas, should a non-American state directly or in¬ 
directly attempt to replace another non-American state 
in the sovereignty or control which it exercised over 
such territory. 

Membership : 

United States: 

Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State 

Argentina: 

Felipe A. Espil, Ambassador in Washington 
Rodolfo Garcia Arias, Minister in Washington, 
alternate 

Brazil: 

Mauricio Nabuco, Secretary-General, Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs, Rio de Janeiro 
Colombia: 

Gabriel Turbay, Ambassador in Washington 
Costa Rica: 

Luis Ferndndez, Minister in Washington 
Dominican Republic: 

J. M. Troncoso, Minister in Washington 
Ecuador: 

Col6n Eloy Alfaro, Ambassador in Washington 
El Salvador: 

Hector David Castro, Minister in Washington 
Guatemala: 

Adrian Recinos, Minister in Washington 
Haiti: 

Fernand Dennis, former Minister in Washington 
Honduras: 

Julidn R. Caceres, Minister in Washington 
Mexico: 

Francisco Castillo N&jera, Ambassador in Wash¬ 
ington 

Nicaragua: 

To be appointed 

Panama: 

Ernesto Jae'n Guardia, Ambassador in Washing¬ 
ton 

Peru: 

Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Ambassador in 
Washington 


Uruguay: 

Juan Carlos Blanco, Ambassador in Washington 

Venezuela: 

Didgenes Escalante, Ambassador in Washington 

INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE BOARD 

Location of United States Group : 

Federal Reserve Building, 20th and Constitution 
Avenue; REpublic 7500 (War Agencies), extension 
72872 (Major Chapman). 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Inter-American Defense Board was created in 
accordance with a recommendation of the Third Meeting 
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Repub¬ 
lics held at Rio de Janeiro in January 1942 that there 
be established in Washington “a commission composed 
of military and naval technicians appointed by each of 
the Governments to study and to recommend to them 
the measures necessary for the defense of the Conti¬ 
nent.” The first meeting, was held March 30, 1942. 
Membership : 

United States: 

Lt. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, United States Army 
(Retired), Chairman 

Vice Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, United States 
Navy (Retired) 

Col. Lemuel Mathewson, United States Army, Ad¬ 
viser 

Lt. Col. Earle W. Hockenberry, United States 
Army, Adviser 
Argentina: 

Capt. Alberto D. Brunet, Argentine Naval and Air 
Attache in Washington 

Col. Antonio Parodi, Argentine Military Attache in 
Washington 
Bolivia: 

Col. Oscar Moscoso, Bolivian Military and Air 
Attach^ in Washington 

Maj. Augusto Aramayo, Adviser 
Brazil: 

Lt. Col. Stenio Caio de Albuquerque Lima, Act¬ 
ing Representative 

Col. Armando de Souza e Mello Ararigboia, Bra¬ 
zilian Air Attache in Washington 

Comdr. Edmundo Jordao Amorim do Valle, Bra¬ 
zilian Naval Attache in Washington 

Chile: 

Maj. Gen. Arturo Espinosa Mujica, Chief of Chilean 
Military Mission 

Capt. Immanuel Holger, Chilean Naval Attache 
in Washington 

Wing Comdr. Teodoro Ruiz-Diez, Chilean Air At¬ 
tache in Washington 

Lt. Col. Guillermo L6pez-Larraln, Chilean Military 
Attache in Washington 


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Venezuela: 

Col. Juan Jones-Parra, Venezuelan Military At¬ 
tache in Washington 

Coordinator: Maj. Gen. Blanton Winship, United 
States Army 

Secretary General: Col. Lawrence Higgins, United 

States Army 

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INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 


Colombia: 

Lt. Col. Ernesto Buenaventura, Colombian Mili¬ 
tary and Air Attach^ in Washington 
Costa Rica: 

Maj. Fernando de la Guardia Tinoeo 
Cuba: 

Lt. Col. Felipe Munilla, Cuban Military and Air 
Attach^ in Washington 

Lt. Felipe Cadenas, Cuban Naval Attach^ in 
Washington 
Dominican Republic: 

Maj. Salvador Cobi£n, Dominican Military At¬ 
tach^ in Washington 
Ecuador: 

Col. Agustfn Alb&n Borja, Ecuadoran Military At- 
tach6 in Washington 
El Salvador: 

Maj. Herman Bardn, Salvadoran Military Attach^ 
in Washington 
Guatemala: 

Col. Felix Castellanos, Guatemalan Military At- 
tachd in Washington 

Haiti: 

Ccx. Roche B. Laroche, Haitian Military Attach^ 
in Washington 
Honduras: 

Col. Jos6 Augusto Padilla-Vega, Honduran Mili¬ 
tary Attachd in Washington (Absent) 

Mexico: 

Brig. Gen. Luis Alamillo Flores, Mexican Military 
Attach^ in Washington 

Lt. Col. Jose Perez Allende, Assistant Mexican 
Military Attache for Air in Washington 

Lt. Guillermo Hern&ndez Sagarra 
Nicaragua: 

Col. Hermogenes Prado, Secretary of Nicaraguan 
Legation in Washington 
Panama: 

Col. Bey Mario Arosemena, Panamanian Commer¬ 
cial Counselor in Washington 
Paraguay: 

Lt. Col. Juan Rovira, Paraguayan Military Attach^ 
in Washington 

Peru: 

Capt. Enrique A. Labarthe, Peruvian Naval Attache 
in Washington 

Lt. Col. Jorge Sarmiento, Peruvian Military 
4ttach6 in Washington 

Col. Armando Revoredo, Peruvian Air Attache 
in Washington, Adviser 
Uruguay: 

Col. Hugo Molins, Uruguayan Military Attach^ 
in Washington 

Lt. Col. Medardo Farias, Uruguayan Military 
Attach^ for Air in Washington 


Location : 

Department of Commerce Building, Fourteenth and 
Constitution Avenue, room 3722; REpublic 7500 (War 
Agencies), extension 6634 (Mr. OreamunoK 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Inter-American Development Commission was 
organized on June 3, 1940 in accordance with a resolu¬ 
tion of the Inter-American Financial and Economic 
Advisory Committee- (1) to stimulate increase of non¬ 
competitive imports from the American republics to 
the United States; (2) to stimulate and increase trade 
among the American countries themselves; and (3) 
to encourage development of industry in the American 
republics, particularly along the lines of production of 
consumer goods. 

Membership : 

Nelson A. Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American 
Affairs, Chairman 

J. Rafael Oreamuno, former Minister of Costa Rica 
to the United States, Vice Chairman 

Renato de Azevedo, Managing Director in New York 
of Lloyd Brasileiro Steamship Company 

George W. Magalhaes, Special Representative of 
Westinghouse Electric International Company, 
New York, N. Y. 

Anlbal Jam, Consul General of Chile in New York, 
N. Y. 

John C. McClintock, Executive Director, Office of 
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Execu¬ 
tive Secretary 

Morton D. Carrel, Projects Director 


INTER-AMERICAN FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

Location : 

Pan American Union, Seventeenth and Constitution 
Avenue; NAtional 6635 (Dr. Gardel). 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The Committee w*as established in accordance with 
a resolution of the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign 
Affairs of the American Republics, held at Panamd 
September to October 1939, that an Inter-American 
Financial and Economic Advisory Committee be cre¬ 
ated to consider means of establishing a close coopera¬ 
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may protect their economic and financial structure, 
maintain their fiscal equilibrium, safeguard the sta¬ 
bility of their currencies, promote and expand their 
industries, intensify their agriculture, and develop 
their commerce. The Committee was installed at the 
Pan American Union on November 15, 1939. 

Membership : 

United States: 

Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State, Chair¬ 
man 
Nicaragua: 

Leon DeBayle, Nicaraguan Minister in Washing¬ 
ton, Vice Chairman 
El Salvador: 

Hector David Castro, Salvadoran Minister in 
Washington, Vice Chairman 

Roberto Aguilar Trigueros, Pan Am erican Coffee 
Bureau, New York, N. Y. 

Argentina: 

Rodolfo Garcia Arias, Envoy Extraordinary and 
Minister Plenipotentiary, Argentine Embassy 
in Washington 
Bolivia: 

Luis Fernando Guachalla, Bolivian Ambassador 
in Washington 

Rend Ballivian, Bolivian Commercial Attachd in 
Washington 

Radi Diez de Medina, Bolivian Financial Coun¬ 
selor in Washington . 

Brazil: 

Eurico Penteado, Brazilian Financial Attachd in 
Washington 

Hy&o Gouthier, Second Secretary of Brazilian Em¬ 
bassy in Washington 

Josd A. Barbosa Mello 
Chile: 

Rodolfo Michels, Chilean Ambassador in Wash¬ 
ington 

Carlos Campbell del Campo, Counselor of Chilean 
Embassy in Washington 
Colombia: 

Jose Camacho Lorenzana, Second Secretary of 
Colombian Embassy in Washington 
Costa Rica: 

J. Rafael Oreamuno, former Costa Rican Minister 
to the United States 

Cuba: 

Ramiro Guerra, Economic Adviser to the “Asocia- 
ci6n Nacional de Hacendados de Cuba” 

Felipe de Pazos, Cuban Commercial Attachd in 
Washington 
4 Dominican Republic: 

J. M. Troncoso, Dominican Minister in Washington 

Julio Vega Batlle, First Secretary of Dominican 
Legation in Washington 


Ecuador: 

Col6n Eloy Alfaro, Ecuadoran Ambassador in 
Washington 

Emilio A. Maulme, Ecuadoran Commercial Coun¬ 
selor in Washington 
Guatemala: 

Enrique Lopez-Herrarte, First Secretary of Guate¬ 
malan Legation in Washington 

Haiti: 

Andrd Liataud, Haitian Minister in Washington 
Honduras: 

Juli&n R. Caceres, Honduran Minister in Wash¬ 
ington 
Mexico: 

Luis Quintanilla, Envoy Extraordinary and Min¬ 
ister Plenipotentiary, Mexican Embassy in 
Washington 

Rafael Nieto, First Secretary of Mexican Embassy 
in Washington 
Panama: 

Ernesto Jadn Guardia, Panamanian Ambassador in 
Washington 

Max Heurtematte, First Secretary of the Embassy 
of Panama in Washington 
Paraguay: 

Celso R. Velasquez, Paraguayan Ambassador in 
Washington 

Nestor M. Campos Ros, First Secretary of Para¬ 
guayan Embassy in Washington 

Peru: 

Juan Chavez, Peruvian Commercial Counselor in 
Washington 

Pedro Beltran, Office of Commercial Counselor, 
Peruvian Embassy in Washington 
Uruguay: 

Lt. Col. Medardo Farias, Uruguayan Military At- 
tachd for Air in Washington 
Venezuela: 

Arturo Lares, Counselor of Venezuelan Embassy 
in Washington 

Luis Coll-Pardo, Venezuelan Commercial Counselor 
in Washington 

Luis E. Gomez Ruiz, First Secretary of Venezuelan 
Embassy in Washington 

Secretary-General: Luis Delgado Gardel 

INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE 

Location : 

Rio da Janeiro 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The Inter-American Juridical Committee came into 
being as a result of a resolution of the Third Meeting 
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Repub- 



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lies held at Rio de Janeiro in January 1942, which stated 
that “the Inter-American Neutrality Committee at pres¬ 
ent existing will continue to function in its present 
form under the name of ‘Inter-American Juridical Com¬ 
mittee”’. The Committee has as its objects: (a) to 
study juridical problems created by the war and those 
which are submitted to it in accordance with the reso¬ 
lutions approved at the Meetings of the Ministers of 
Foreign Affairs or at the International Conferences of 
American States; (b) to continue the studies on the 
subject of contraband of war and on the project of a 
code relating to the principles and rules of neutrality; 
(c) to report on possible claims arising from the requi¬ 
sition or use of immobilized merchant vessels or those 
under the flag of a non-American enemy, or belonging to 
states whose territories are occupied by a non-American 
enemy, as well as on possible claims by any American 
republic against a non-American enemy state for un¬ 
lawful acts committed to the detriment of such republic, 
its nationals, or their property; (d) to develop and co¬ 
ordinate the work of codifying international law; and 
(e) to formulate recommendations with regard to the 
manner of solving the problems mentioned under (a) 
above. The Committee is made up of seven members, 
each representing the entire inter-American community 
rather than any one nation exclusively. The members 
, of the Committee have no other duties than those 
pertaining to the Committee. 

Membership : 

From the United States: 

Dr. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of Political Sci¬ 
ence, Bryn Mawr College 
From Argentina: 

Dr. Podesta Costa 

Sr. Eduard Labougle, alternate 
From Brazil: 

(Vacancy) 

From Chile: 

Dr. Fdlix Nieto del Rio 
From Costa Rica: 

Dr. Manuel Francisco Jimenez (Absent) 

From Mexico: . 

Dr. Pablo Campos Ortiz 
From Venezuela: 

Dr. Carlos Eduardo Stolk 

INTER-AMERICAN MARITIME TECHNICAL 

COMMISSION 

Location : 

Pan American Union, Seventeenth and Constitution 
Avenue; NAtional 6635. 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Inter-American Maritime Technical Commission 
was established pursuant to a resolution of the Inter- 
• American Financial and Economic Advisory Committe4 


of November 14,1941, which recommended the organiza¬ 
tion of a commission that would be a dependency of 
the Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory 
Committee and would formulate plans for the efficient 
use of all the merchant vessels of the American repub¬ 
lics available for service between the American re¬ 
publics and would recommend to the maritime authori¬ 
ties the allocation of such vessels to particular routes 
or to the carrying of articles of a specific nature. 

Membership : 

United States: 

Charles R. Stoddard, War Shipping Administra¬ 
tion, Commerce Department Building, room 
4616; REpublic 6620, extension 579. 

El Salvador: 

Hector David Castro, Salvadoran Minister in 
Washington, Chairman 
Argentina: 

Capt. Alberto D. Brunet, Argentine Naval and Air 
Attach^ in Washington 
1 Brazil: 

Renato de Azevedo, Managing Director in New 
York of Lloyd Brasileiro Steamship Company 

Chile: 

Capt. Immanuel Holger, Chilean Naval Attach^ in 
Washington 
Colombia: 

Alberto Vargas Narino, Counselor of Colombian 
Embassy in Washington 

Cuba: 

Ramiro Guerra, Economic Adviser to the “Asocia- 
cion Nacional de Hacendados de Cuba” 

Lt. Felipe Cadenas, Cuban Naval Attach^ in 
Washington 
Ecuador: 

Carlos Guzmdn Aspiazu, Ecuadoran Embassy in 
Washington (Absent) 

Mexico: 

Lt. Enrique Carrera Alomla, Acting Mexican Naval 
Attach^ in Washington 

Peru: 

Capt. Enrique Labarthe, Peruvian Naval Attach^ 
in Washington 
Uruguay: 

Comdr. Mario Collazo Pittaluga, Uruguayan Naval 
Attach^ in Washington 

INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON POLITI¬ 
CAL REFUGEES 

Location : 

London 

Establishment and Purpose; 

The Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refu¬ 
gees is the Committee of the whole of the continuing 
conference of representatives of 32 governments which 


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met in Lvian, France, in July 1938 on the initiative of 
President Roosevelt for the purpose of ascertaining 
what, constructive steps the governments might take in 
common to cope with the urgent problem of the re¬ 
settlement of political refugees. Radical internal de¬ 
velopments in a number of European countries had 
rendered it necessary that some concerted humani¬ 
tarian effort be made to consider all possible opportu¬ 
nities for relief through permanent resettlement of as 
many oppressed individuals as possible The Com¬ 
mittee held its first meeting at Lvian, France, in July 
1938, and shortly thereafter established permanent 
headquarters at London under the supervision of a 
Director. Upon the outbreak of war in Europe, seri¬ 
ous consideration was given to the question of the 
practical value of continuing the Committee. The 
United States and a number of participating govern¬ 
ments felt that every possible effort should be made 
to maintain the organization and to continue the very 
worthwhile work which was being done. 

Membership : 

United Kingdom: 

Lord Winterton, Chairman 
United States: 

Myron C. Taylor, Vice Chairman 
Other governments represented: 

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, 
Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, 
France, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Ireland, 
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, 
Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, 
Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela 
Director: 

Sir Herbert Emerson 
Secretary: (Vacancy) 

JOINT BRAZIL - UNITED STATES DEFENSE 

COMMISSION 

Location : 

United States members: War Department; REpub- 
lic 6700, extension 72128 

Brazilian members: Federal Reserve Bldg.. Twen¬ 
tieth and Constitution Avenue; REpublic 
7500 (War Agencies), extension 72327 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Joint Brazil - United States Defense Commis¬ 
sion, composed of military delegates from the army, 
navy, and air forces of the two countries, was estab¬ 
lished in August 1942, for the purpose of making staff 
plans for the mutual defense of the Western Hem¬ 
isphere. Meetings of the Commission take place in 
Washington. 


Membership : 

United States: 

Maj. Gen. J. Garesch6 Ord, United States Army, 
Chairman (Room 3E840, Pentagon Building; 
REpublic 6700, extension 72909) 

Rear Admiral William O. Spears, United States 
Navy 

Capt. Thomas H. Robbins, United States Navy 
Col. K. F. Hertford, United States Army 
Col. Joseph Smith, Ignited States Army 
Lt. Col. John D. Gillett, United States Army 
Brazil: 

Maj. Gen. Estev&o Leitao de Carvalho, Senior 
. Member 

Vice Almirante Alvaro Rodrigues de Vasconcellos 
Coronel Aviador Vasco Alves Secco 
Tenente Coronel Joao Vicente Sayfto Cardozo 
Capitao-Tenente En6as Arrochellas de Miranda 
Correa, Navy 

Capitao Aviador Joao da Cruz Secco, Jr. 

Capitao Tasso Villar de Aquino 

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEES, UNITED STATES 

AND CANADA 

Location of United .States Committee: 

Federal Reserve Building, Twentieth and Constitu¬ 
tion Avenue, room 3062; REpublic 1100 (Federal Re¬ 
serve), extension 311 (Mr. Thorne). 

Establishment and Purpose : 

Establishment of Joint Economic Committees was an¬ 
nounced by the Governments of the United States and 
Canada on June 17, 1941. The Committees are to study 
and report to their respective Governments on the 
possibilities of (1) effecting a more economic, more 
efficient, and more coordinated utilization of the com¬ 
bined resources of the two countries in the production 
of defense requirements (to the extent that this is not 
covered by other committees and agencies) and (2) 
reducing the probable post-war economic dislocation 
consequent upon the changes which the economy in 
each country is presently undergoing. 

Membership : 

United States Committee: 

Alvin H. Hansen, Special Economic Adviser to the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Chairman 

William L. Batt, Vice Chairman, War Production 
Board 

E. Dana Durand, United States Tariff Com¬ 
missioner 

Harry D. White, Director of Monetary Research, 
Department of the Treasury 




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Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State 
(may sit with the Committee as occasion war¬ 
rants) 

Leroy D. Stinebower, Chief, Division of Economic 
Studies, Department of State; Liaison Officer 
between the Committees and the Department of 
State 

Wendell Thorne, United States Federal Reserve 
Board, Secretary 
Canadian Committee: 

W. A. Mackintosh, Special Assistant to the Deputy 
Minister of Finance, Chairman 

George C. Bateman, Metals Controller, Department 
of Munitions and Supply 

J. G. Bouchard, Assistant Deputy Minister, De¬ 
partment of Agriculture 

D. A. Skelton, Chief, Research Department, Bank 
of Canada 

Hugh L. Iveenleyside, Assistant Under Secretary 
of State for External Affairs (may sit with 
the Committee as occasion warrants) 

H. F. Angus, Special Assistant to the Under Secre¬ 
tary of State for External Affairs;. Liaison 
Officer between the Committees and the De¬ 
partment of External Affairs 

J. J. Deutsch, Bank of Canada, Secretary 

JOINT MEXICAN-UNITED STATES DEFENSE 

COMMISSION 

Location of United States Section; 

Pentagon Building, room 3C30; REpublic 6700 
(War), extension 2189 (Capt. Hickman). 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The establishment of a mixed defense commission 
to study the problems relating to the defense of the 
two countries was announced on January 12, 1942, 
by the Governments of the United States and Mexico. 
An Executive order of February 27, 1942 (No. 9080) 
formally created, on the part of the Government of the 
United States, the joint commission. The Executive 
order states: “The purposes of the Commission shall 
be to study problems relating to the common defense 
of the United States and Mexico, to consider broad 
plans for the defense of Mexico and adjacent areas 
,of the United States, and to propose to the respective 
’governments the cooperative measures which, in its 
opinion, should be adopted.” 

Membership : 

United States Section: 

Vice Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, United States 
Navy (Retired), Chairman 


Maj. Gen. John P. Smith, Senior Army Member 
Col. Frederic Glantzberg 
Lt. Col. Earle W. Hockenberry, Secretary 
Capt. George E. Hickman 
Lt. A. W. Laidlaw 
Mexican Section: 

Maj. Gen. Francisco Castillo N&jera, Chief 

Brig. Gen. Luis Alamillo Flores 

Commodore I. Garcia Jurado 

Lt. Col. E. Martin del Campo 

Lt. Col. Jos6 P£rez Allende 

Maj. Raul de Caldo 

Capt. Manuel Martinez Castro 


JOINT WAR PRODUCTION COMMITTEE, 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA 

Location of United States Section ; 

Social Security Building, Fourth and Independence 
Ave. SW., room 5037; REpublic 7500 (War Agencies), 
extension 2134. 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Joint War Production Committee was first set 
up as the “Joint Defense Production Committee” by^ 
President Roosevelt and the Prime Minister of Canada, 
W. L. Mackenzie King (announced November 5, 1941), 
pursuant to a recommendation of the Joint Economic 
Committees, United States and Canada, of September 
19, 1941. The purpose of the Committee is to “survey 
the capacity and potential capacity for the production 
of defense materiel in each country to the end that in 
mobilizing the resources of the two countries each coun¬ 
try should provide for the common defense effort the 
defense articles which it is best able to produce, taking 
into consideration the desirability of so arranging pro¬ 
duction for defense purposes as to minimize, as far as 
possible and consistent with the maximum defense ef¬ 
fort, maladjustments in the post-defense period.” 
Membership : 

United States Section: 

Charles E. Wilson, Vice Chairman, War Produc¬ 
tion Board, Chairman 

Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War 

James V. Forrestal, Under Secretary of the Navy 

Milo Perkins, Executive Director, Board of Eco¬ 
nomic Warfare 

E. R. Stettinius, Jr., Administrator, Office of Lend- 
Lease Administration 

Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, Vice Chairman, 
United States Maritime Commission 

Capt. Gilbert Mackay, Executive Secretary 



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Canadian Sectic 

Harry Carmichael, Coordinator of Production, 
Canadian Department of Munitions and Sup¬ 
ply, Chairman 

R. P. Bell, Director General, Aircraft Production 
Branch, Department of Munitions and Supply 

E. J. Brunning, Director General, Ammunition and 
Gun Production Branch, Department of Mu¬ 
nitions and Supply 

J. R. Donald, Director General, Chemicals and Ex¬ 
plosives Branch, Department of Munitions and 
Supply 

Hume Wrong, Canadian Department of External 
Affairs 

H. R. MacMillan, President, Wartime Merchant 
Shipping, Ltd., Montreal 

Roy G. Peers, General Manager, Canadian War 
Supplies, Ltd., Executive Secretary 

MATERIAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE, 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA 

Location of United States Group : 

Social Security Building, Fourth and Independence 
Avenue SW., room 3051; REpublic 7500 (War Agen¬ 
cies), extension 2212 (Mr. Batt) and 3921 (Mr. Sykes). 

Establishment and Purpose: 

Creation of the Material Coordinating Committee, 
United States and Canada, was announced on May 14, 
1941 by William S. Knudsen, at that time Director 
General, Office of Production Management. The pri¬ 
mary purpose of the Committee is to make possible the 
free exchange of vital information between responsible 
.officials of the two Governments relating to their sup¬ 
plies of strategic raw materials required for defense 
production. The exchange of such information, it was 
felt, would be of assistance to each Government in 
planning its defense program, especially in relation to 
questions concerning raw-material supplies needed for 
the production of military items. 

Membership : 

United States: 

William L. Batt, Vice Chairman, War Production 
Board 

Howard C. Sykes, United States Deputy Member 
and Executive Secretary, Combined Raw Ma¬ 
terials Board 

George C. McGhee, Executive Secretary 
Canada: 

George C. Bateman, Member, Canadian Wartime 
Industry Control Board; Metals Controller, 
Department of Munitions and Supply 

H. J. Symington, Power Controller, Department of 
Munitions and Supply 


F. V. C. Hewett, Assistant to the Metals Controller. 
Executive Secretary 

MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CENTER 
(United States and Great Britain) 

Location : 

Cairo 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Middle East Supply Center was set up in Cairo 
in April 1941 to organize the provisioning of the Mid¬ 
dle East with civilian supplies. Its main functions 
are (1) to review and coordinate the joint resources 
and civilian requirements in essential commodities of 
the territories (including raw materials required for 
their war industries), in order to make- the Middle 
East as self-supporting as possible, and to exchange 
relevant information with corresponding control or¬ 
ganizations in each territory; and (2) to estimate the 
balance of any essential requirements which must be 
imported from outside of the Middle East and make 
recommendations accordingly to the authorities con¬ 
cerned, with a view especially to Ahe best use of avail-i 
able shipping. Its activities cover the following terri* 
tories: Egypt, Sudan, Turkey (only as far as bulk 
commodities are concerned), Syria, Lebanon, Ethiopia, 
Palestine, Trans-Jordan, Malta, Cyprus, Aden, British 
Somaliland, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, and oc¬ 
cupied enemy territory in East Africa. The British 
East Africa territories collaborate in furnishing 
supplies. 

A policy committee functions in London known as 
the Middle East Supplies Committee. 

Membership of Executive Committee in Cairo : 

United States: 

Frederick Winant, Chairman and Principal Civil¬ 
ian Representative 

Gen. Russell Maxwell, United States Army, Prin¬ 
cipal Military Representative 

Col. Samuel Claybaugh, United States Army, 
Deputy far Military Representative 

Great Britain: 

R. G. A. Jackson, Director-General of the Center * 

Sir Arthur Rucker, Secretary to the British Min¬ 
ister of State 

E. H. Murrant, Representative in the Middle East 
of British Ministry of War Transport 
Membership of Middle East Supplies Committee in 

London: 

United States: 

W. Averell Harriman, Lend-Lease Coordinator 
James W. Riddleberger, Second Secretary of 
American Embassy in London, alternate 


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Great Britain: 

Capt. the Rt. Hon. Harry Crookshank, British 
Financial Secretary of the Treasury 

MUNITIONS ASSIGNMENTS BOARD 
(United States and Great Britain) 

Location of Washington Board: 

Public Health Service Building, Nineteenth and Con¬ 
stitution Avenue; REpublic 6700 (War), extension 
71469 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The Munitions Assignments Board was set up by 
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, ac¬ 
cording to a White House press release of January 26, 
1942, which states: “Committees will be ^formed in 
Washington and London under the Combined Chiefs 
of Staff” to “advise on all [munitions] assignments 
both in quantity and priority, whether to Great Britain 
and the United States or other of the “United Nations, 
in accordance with strategic needs.” 

Membership of the Washington Board : 1 
United States members: 

Harry L. Hopkins, Chairman 
Admiral J. M. Reeves 
Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell 
Maj. Gen. R. C. Moore 
Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer 
Maj. Gen. J. H. Burns, Executive 
Lt. Col. E. C. Kielkopf, Secretary 
British members: 

Rear Admiral W. R. Patterson 

Lt. Gen. G..N. Macready 

Air Marshal D. C. S. Evill 

Wing Comdr. T. E. H. Birley, Secretary 

PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL 

Location : 

Washington 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The creation of the Pacific War Council was an¬ 
nounced on March 30, 1942 by President Roosevelt. 
Its first session was held at the White House on 
April 1. Concerning its creation, the following quota¬ 
tion is from The New York Times of March 31, 1942: 

“Speaking through Stephen T. Early, his press 
secretary, the President said: 

“ ‘It is imperative that all of the United Nations now 
actually engaged in the Pacific conflict consider together 
matters of policy relating to our joint war effort. 


*A counterpart of this Board, also a combined body, 
is established in London. 


“ ‘An effective war can only be prosecuted with the 
complete cooperation and understanding of all the na¬ 
tions concerned. The new council will be in intimate 
contact with a similar body in London.’ ” 3 

Membership : 

United States: President Franklin D. Roosevelt 

f 

Australia: Sir Owen Dixon, Australian Minister in 
the United States 

Canada: Leighton McCarthy, Canadian Minister in 
the United States 

China: Dr. Wei Tao-ming, Chinese Ambassador in 
the United States 

Netherlands: Dr. Alexander Loudon, Netherlands Am¬ 
bassador in the United States 

New Zealand: Walter Nash, New Zealand Minister 
in the United States 

Philippine Commonwealth: President Manuel Quezon 
United Kingdom: Viscount Halifax, British Ambassa¬ 
dor in the United States 

PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENSE, 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA 

Location of United States Section : 

Department of State Building, Seventeenth and 
Pennsylvania Avenue; REpublic 5600 (State), exten¬ 
sion 2125 (Mr. Hickerson). 

Establishment and Purpose: 

The Permanent Joint Board on Defense was set up 
by the United States and Canada in pursuance of a 
joint announcement by President Roosevelt and the 
Prime Minister of Canada, W. L. Mackenzie King, 
dated August 17, 1940, at Ogdensburg, N. Y., for the 
purpose of carrying out “studies relating to sea, land, 
and air problems, including personnel and materiel”, 
and to “consider, in the broad sense, the defense of 
the north half of the Western Hemisphere.” 
Membership : 

United States Section: 

Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York; 
President of the United States Conference of 
Mayors; Chairman 

Maj. Gen. J. P. Smith, United States Army 
Capt. Frank P. Thomas, United States Navy 
Capt. John P. Whitney, United States Navy 
Lt. Col. Earle W. Hockenberry, United States Army 
John Hickerson, Assistant Chief, Division of Euro¬ 
pean Affairs, Department of State; Secretary 

Represented in the London Council are the United 
Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. 
An invitation has been extended to India. 


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Canadian Section: 

O. M. Biggar, Chairman 

Maj. Gen. M. A. Pope, General Staff, Canadian 
Army 

Rear Admiral G. C. Jones 

Air Commodore F. V. Heakes, Royal Canadian 
Air Force 

Hugh L. Keenleyside, Assistant Under Secretary 
of State for External Affairs, Secretary 

UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION BOARD 

(Formerly Inter-Allied Information Committee) 

Location : 610 Fifth Avenue, New York 

Establishment and Purpose : 

The United Nations Information Office, formerly 
known as the Inter-Allied Information Center, was first 
established in September 1940, as a clearing-house for 
the information services of the allied nations then at 
war with the Axis powers. In August 1942, following 
the entry of the United States into the war and the 
creation of the Office of War Information, the United 
States became a member of the Committee which con¬ 
trolled the Center, and arrangements were made for 
periodic meetings in Washington. Membership of the 
Committee gradually increased, and by December 1942, 
19 governments and associated powers were participat¬ 
ing in the work. In November 1942, the organization 
adopted the names of the United Nations Information 
Board, for the controlling committee, and the United 
Nations Information Office, for the executive organ¬ 
ization. Membership on the United Nations Infor¬ 
mation Board and participation in the activities of the 
Office are open to all United Nations or allied powers. 

Financed by contributions from the various gov¬ 
ernments and serviced by an international staff, the 
United Nations Information Board maintains a clear¬ 
ing-house for research and reference with respect to 
material obtained from the information services of 
the various United Nations; publishes a monthly Re¬ 
view as an official record, containing speeches, state¬ 
ments, and other documents of the United Nations ; and 
coordinates, prepares, and makes available material 
from United Nations’ sources for radio, films, photo¬ 
graphs, exhibits, press, and other information media. 

Membership : 

Australia: t)avid W. Bailey, Director, Australian 
News and Information Bureau 

Belgium: J. A. Goris, Commissioner of Information, 
and Henri Fast, Deputy Commissioner of In¬ 
formation, Belgian Information Center 


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Canada: L. B. Pearson, Minister Counselor of the 
Canadian Legation at Washington and Member 
of the Canadian Wartime Information Board, 
Washington; Mr. Harry Sedgwick, Head of the 
Canadian Wartime Information Office, New York 
Chin'': C. L. Hsia, Director, Chinese News Service 
Czechoslovakia:, Jan Papanek, Minister, Czechoslo¬ 
vak Information Service; and Milos Safranek, 
of the Czechoslovak Information Service 
Free Denmark: C. H. W. Hasselriis, Director, Friends 
of Denmark, Inc. 

Fighting France: Adrien Tixier, Head of Delegation 
to the United States of the French National 
Committee; Robert Valeur, Head of the Press 
and Information Service, Fighting French Dele¬ 
gation, New York; and Prof. F. Hoffherr, of 
France Forever, Inc. 

Great Britain: Harold Butler, British Minister at 
Washington; Donald J. Hall, First Secretary of 
British Embassy at Washington; and V. J. G. 
Stavridi, Liaison Officer for British Information 
Services 

Greece: Nicholas Embiricos, Director, Greek Office 
of Research and Information, New York 
India: Jossleyn Hennessy and O. Rahman, of the 
India Information Office, Washington 
Luxembourg: Andre Wolff, Commissioner of Infor¬ 
mation, Luxembourg Information Center 
Netherlands: N. A. C. Slotemaker de Bruine, Direc¬ 
tor, J. M. Huizinga, and C. J. M. Simons, of the 
Netherlands Information Bureau 
New Zealand: Roger Hawthorne, Information Of¬ 
ficer, New Zealand Legation at Washington 
Norway: Hans Olav, Director, Norwegian Informa¬ 
tion Bureau 

Philippines: Arturo Rotor and David Bernstein, of 
the Office of the President, Commonwealth of 
the Philippines 

Poland: Stefan de Ropp, Director, and Ludwik 
Krzyzanowski, of the Polish Information Center 
Union of South Africa: H. M. Moolman, Public Re¬ 
lations Officer, South African Legation at Wash¬ 
ington 

United States of America: Arthur Sweetser, Deputy 
Director, Office of War Information; Nelson 
Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Af¬ 
fairs ; Anthony Hyde, Office of War Information 
Yugoslavia: Boris Furlan, of the Royal Yugoslav 
Information Office 

Secretary-General of the United Nations Information 
Office: W. Bryant Mumford 




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